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Roots growing from the stem?

 
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Hi,

I am quite new here. Been reading a lot of threads but never posted anything.
Here is my first contribution with a question.

I wanted to see what would happen if I put a tomato plant inside a sealed jar and just left if there.
Now it has started to grow roots directly out of the stem.

What is the reason/how can it happen?
Does it have to do with the high level of humidity inside the jar?
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Yes, tomatoes will root all along the stem that one just thinks the conditions are right for some more roots.
 
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Welcome Phil.  You can also root the suckers off of tomato plants easily too.  

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Tomato plant grown in a small jar, I love it.
Just more proof, you can SCIENCE anything!
 
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Skandi Rogers wrote:Yes, tomatoes will root all along the stem that one just thinks the conditions are right for some more roots.



Oh, I was not aware of this. Looked so extraterrestrial to me at first when it started growing.
Thanks for your answers

Ralph Sluder wrote:Tomato plant grown in a small jar, I love it.
Just more proof, you can SCIENCE anything!.



I love making smaller experiments of my own. Just fun to see how it evolves with time. Plants always find a way to surprise me somehow...
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